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TO:. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE - - c
FROM: Costa
March 8, 1993 County
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DATE:
REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
1 . Acknowledge that it is not currently possible to continue the
operation of the Career Development Employment Program while
the County is laying off employees and, therefore, agree to
suspend all further work on the Program at this time.
2 . Indicate as a matter of Board policy that the Board of
Supervisors wishes to reestablish the Career Development
Employment Program as soon as the County' s funding situation
stabilizes to the point that it is not continually laying off
employees .
3 . Direct the Director of Personnel to prepare, and authorize the
Chairman to sign, a letter to the Secretary of Labor
describing the Career Development Employment Program, noting
that it could be an element of the President's welfare reform
program by generating jobs in both the public and private
sector and encouraging the participation of the Department of
Labor .by encouraging other jurisdictions to establish similar
programs .
4 . Authorize the Director of Personnel to pursue with other
public agencies and private employers the concept of the
Career Development Employment Program, possibly through the
Private Industry Council and Community Services Department and
to be as creative as possible in identifying other resources
which can assist in providing training and jobs for low-
income, minority unemployed individuals in areas of the County
which have concentrated areas of poverty, such as North
Richmond and the Pittsburg area..
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD MITT
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SIGNATURE(S): SUNNE WRIGHT 'Mc EA E SMITH
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APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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5 . Remove this item as a referral to the Internal Operations
Committee.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors established a very successful Career
Development Employment Program (CDEP) several years ago. This
program, which began in the North Richmond area, was eventually
expanded to the Pittsburg area. The concept was to have County
departments hire unemployed individuals for entry-level jobs from
the economically depressed census tracts which were specified for
the Program. The department had to have a vacant, funded position
available. The CDEP employee was provided on-the-job training and
other support services in an effort to make it possible for the
individual to qualify for permanent fulltime employment with the
County. The Program was very successful and a significant number
of employees were hired and eventually transitioned into permanent
employment with the County.
However, with the budget cuts which were sustained by County
Departments in the summer of 1992, it became clear that there was
little purpose to continuing to recruit individuals for the CDEP
Program since even if they were hired, they would be subject to
layoff first, since they were the last hired.
With the impending deficit for the County' s 1993-94 fiscal year, it
is clear that the CDEP Program has to be suspended for the time
being.
We do want to call to the attention of the Department of Labor the
many advantages of this innovative program in hopes that the
Department of Labor can advise other public and private agencies of
the advantages of this program.
We also want the Director of Personnel to work with other County
Departments, public agencies and private employers in an effort to
encourage employers who are in a position to be hiring to make use
of the concepts of the CDEP Program in their hiring.
We do believe in the value of the CDEP Program and want to
reestablish it as soon as possible after the County' s financial
condition stabilizes, laid off employees are placed in jobs and we
are again in a position to begin hiring new employees for entry-
level positions.
cc: County Administrator
Director of Personnel
Assistant Director of Personnel
Lloyd Madden, Personnel Department
Affirmative Action Officer
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DATE: March 5, 1993
TO: Internal Operations Committee
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FROM: Harry D. Cisterman, Director of Personnel
By: Eileen K. Bitten, Assistant Director of Personnel
SUBJECT: Report on Career Development Employment Program
As we reported to your Committee in November, we have suspended our
activities in the Career Development Program due to position cut-
backs and lay offs in the County.
There are no names on the eligible lists so no action has been
necessary to refer names to the private sector for possible
employment. We maintain contact with potential applicants through
our Richmond office and continue to provide job search counselling
and information about job openings with other employers.
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